Collar-supporter.



N. ILLOW AY.

COLLAR SUPPORTEB.

APPLIOATIO N FILED FEB. 19, 190B.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

%e2- Qf/a rney UNITED NETTIE ILLOWAY, NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Doc. 22, 1908.-

' Application filed February. 19, 1908. Serial No. 416,672.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, N ETTIE ILLOWAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, Manhattan borough, county and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCollar-Supporters, of which the following is a clear, full, and exactdescription.

Th" 'nvention relates to a supporter which is particularly adapted foruse in connection with lace or open-work collars such as commonly usedby women for the adornment of the neck, and has for .its object toprovide an exceedingly simple and inexpensive device of this character.

To these and other ends which will hereinafter appear, my inventioncomprises novel features of im rovement and arrangement of parts which lwill now proceed to describe and finally claim, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, forming part hereof,

' fragmentary sectional view of one end of the supporter, the sectionbeing takenon aline b() in Fig. 3 Fig. 5 is an enlarged face view ofanother form of collar-supporter having mounted thereupon longitudinallyadjustable gripping members; Fig. 6 is a vertical section thereof takenon a line c'c in Fig. 5; and

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the slidable sleeve,and gripping membercarried thereby which I use in connection with thesupporter as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates the base portion of my improvedcollar-supporter, while 2 indicate-s the gripping-memers carriedthereby. In order that the gripping members 2 can pass freely throu hthe fabric comprising a, collar, I separate t e sai'd gripping members 2from the base portion 1 by a separator or washer 3, (see Fig. 4) Torender the gripping members 2 ad'ustable, in order that the fabriccomprising t e collar can be easily pierced, I preferably pivotallyattach the said gripping members 2 to the base portion 1, by means of aneyelet 4. In the event of the fabric, which comprises the collar, beingthick the pivotally mounted gripping members 2 are advantageous, as abers 6.

ing a horizontal disposition.

lever action will be produced, if the said gripping members are swungoutwardly and caused to slightly penetrate the fabric, and then pushedinwardly. again to the normal position...

Referring to Figs. 6 and 7, the base portion 1 is provided withlongitudinally movable sleeves 5, the said sleeves being provided withpivotally mounted gripping memlieferring to Fig. 7 it will be seen thatthe sleeves 5 are of a box formation approximately the same size, incross section, as the base portion 1. To cause the said sleeves 5 tofirmly gripthe base portion 1, I preferably sever the' bottom member 7,of the sleeves 5, as at 8 (Fig. 7) and bend it inwardly, whereby aresiliency is produced, 111 other words, when the bottom 7 is bentinwardly the members 9 and 10 thereof become springs, and when thesleeves 5 are passed over the ends of the base portion 1 to perform thefunction of grip ing a collar, the spring members 9 and 10' eing in asoto speak compressed position, pressure will be exerted upon the baseportion 1, whereby the said sleeves'are held in position.

The advantages arisin from the construction of the supporter as 1ustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 are obvious, as the said sleeves 5 can beadjusted longitudinally of the base ortion 1, for the purpose of drawingof the collar taut. The adjustab e sleeves 5, also render the piercingof the fabric, by the grip ing members 6, an easy operation '1 1e usesofthe invention are not restncted solely to that of a collar supporter,since by moving the pins 6, about their pivotal points, so that they aredirected inwardly, or extend towards one another, the device can be usedas a means of securing the ends of belts. In this use one pin is enga edwith one end of the belt, and the other pin with the opposite end of thebelt, the body of the device assum- Again, by turning ins 6,- so thatthey are'disposed-at right ang es to the longitudinal axis of the body1, they may be used in the place of hooks and eyes, forsecuring the endsof a collar or belt.

In this latter use both ends of the belt, or

the fa ric collar, are penetrated by each of the pins, in

an obvious manner. 4

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

A collar supporter, composed of a base, a

pair of independent pins, and means for piv-g otally securing eachpin-to said base said the fabric and thenmoved inwardly to said Binsbein arranged one at each end of said normal position at which they arecaused to ase, eac of said pins being composed of a further penetratethe fabric.

short straight piece of metal havin one end Signed at New York, N. Y.this 13 day of 5 enlarged afluil formed 1:0 engage sai dsiiuringfFebruary, 1908.

means, an av'ing t e opposite en ereo pointed, said pins normallyoccupying a po-" NETTIE ILLOWAX' sition in alinement with thelongitudinal axis Witnesses: of said base and bein ada ted to be swungEDWARD A. JARVIS,

10 outwardly and cause to s ightly penetrate l MILDRED VIALLS.

